Next: Concluding Remarks and Future Up: Evolution of the Double Previous: Effect of sources evolution . Our calculations show that if GRB indeed are due to binary neutron star coalescence,   they can potentially constrain the cosmological parameters as well as the early star formation history. ... 1994)).[ ... If the cosmological origin of GRB is confirmed, the - and test could be used independently to estimating the cosmological parameters and tracing star formation history in galaxies. ...

Observed maximum rotation velocity uncorrected for inclination effect. This quantity is calculated from 21-cm line widths at different levels and/or rotation curves (generally in H_alpha). ... These data are characterized by some secondary parameters: telescope, velocity resolution, level of the 21-cm line width and bibliographic reference. ... we start from a standard sample (a set of measurements giving a large and homogeneous sample). ... HyperLeda . ...

... Fitting the observed dependence includes calculations of the polarization cross-sections averaged over particles orientation and size distribution, their normalization and the comparison of obtained dependencies with Serkowski's curve representing observational data for a chosen star. ... Variations of the polarization factors with wavelength are shown in Fig. 16 for homogeneous spheroidal particles with PF orientation. ... The distinction between prolate and oblate spheroids is also clearly seen. ...

... We demonstrate through numerical simulations that model parameters estimated with our technique are essentially bias-free, even when the average number of counts per bin is 1. ... The IW technique avoids such biases by estimating through successive iterations, where for each iteration, j, , and the best-fit parameters are determined by minimization of . ... In our sample, we find that the minimum values and best-fit parameters converge after about 6 iterations. ...

... A model for the chemical evolution of a disk galaxy is presented. The model reproduces all the basic . ... investigations of the star formation history. ... the galaxyЫand incorporating a delay in the onset of star formation make it possible to model different scenar- . ios for the evolution of a galaxy's luminosity. ... evolution of massive galaxies. ... of reconstructing the star-formation history and galactic luminosity from observations of galaxies at different . ...

... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) presented Priscilla and Bart Bok Awards to two high School Seniors at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held May 10 to 15 in Reno this year. ... The Bok prize is named for Bart and Priscilla Bok. ... About 10 years ago, at the suggestion of the American Astronomical Society, the activities supported by the Bok Fund were expanded to include the joint sponsorship of an astronomy award at Intel Science and Education Fair. ...

The problem of solar wind data correlation for the observations onboard several spacecraft is very important for three points of view: . ... This problem is studied now in detail by systematic determination of ion flux and ion velocity data correlations by INTERBALL-1 (IKI group), WIND and IMP 8 (both - MIT group). ... Solar wind plasma correlation lengths from IMP 8, WIND and INTERBALL-1. ... Correlation of solar wind observations onboard several spacecraft: INTERBALL-1, IMP 8 and WIND data. ...

THE PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN HAPKE'S MODEL FOR ESTIMATION OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE EJECTA LUNAR TERRAINS. ... In the previous papers we were estimated the surface roughness of the ejecta lunar terrains by means comparison of the local phase function and the average integrated lunar indicatrix. ... The Hapke's theoretical model of the lunar surface reflection. ... For THE PARAMETERS INVOLVED IN HAPKE'S MODEL: S.G. Pugacheva, V.V. Shevchenko a low-albedo lunar surface parameter Bo = 1. ...

... Science Users Information > Science and Technical Meetings > Conferences 2010 > The Origin and Fate of the Sun: Evolution of Solar-mass Stars Observed with High Angular Resolution . ... Observing Facilities . ... Observing with ESO Telescopes . ... The goal of this workshop is to review recent results on solar-mass stars obtained with infrared and millimeter interferometers, and to discuss their importance for our understanding of stellar evolution from star formation to stellar end products. ...

Hideyuki Saio Simon Jeffery are exploring models for the evolution of stars formed by the merger of two white dwarfs. The attached movie provides a simulation of the major events involved in the merger process. ... An initial binary system consists of two white dwarfs of masses M 1 and M 2 (given) with an orbital period ( P ). ... We adopt a simple expression for the white dwarf radius as a function of mass (in solar units): . ... The merged star evolution is simulated by a quadratic expansion . ...

... The Search of a pulsar Once the dedispersed time series is obtained, a Fourier transformation is performed. ... 2 Binary parameters The orbit of a pulsar , as well as any object, in a binary system is determined in its geometrical characteristics, space displacement and syncronised in time by the following parameters : Semimajor axis Eccentricity Longitude of periastron Binary period Time of ascending node a e PB T0 True spin period and observed spin period The ...

We present 3-160 ЮМm photometry obtained with the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) instruments for the first five targets from the Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy Science Program ``Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems'' and 4-35 ЮМm spectrophotometry obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) for two sources. ...

... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... Late Stages of Stellar Evolution . Welcome to the home page of the Late Stages of Stellar Evolution" We are a research group which operates within the Astrophysics Group of the Australia Telescope National Facility. ... To investigate the late stages of stellar evolution and in particular the role of stellar mass-loss in the evolution of asymptotic giant branch stars, proto-planetary nebulae and extremely massive stars. ...

... 05/09/2013 Galaxy Evolution over Five Decades - Cambridge 2013 Nuclear activity and environment Effect of environment on AGN is not completely clear yet. ... 05/09/2013 Galaxy Evolution over Five Decades - Cambridge 2013 Effect of the mass Mass slices ­ optical and radio AGN overall interaction one-on-one interaction relative location 05/09/2013 Galaxy Evolution over Five Decades - Cambridge 2013 Stratified study Stratifed study that considers several strata of mass. ...

Scale-heights of the Galactic disk subsytems with different ages and metallicities . V.Marsakov & Yu. ... It is based on the fact, that all stars cross the disk plane several times during their Galactic orbital period. ... We have used our representative sample of nearby disk F2-G2 stars Marsakov & Shevelev (1995) in which fundamental stellar parameters was determined on the basis of published date on uvby-photometry, proper motion and radial velocities. ... Marsakov V.A., Shevelev Yu.G. Bull. ...

... Contacts . 2012: . ... We refined the fundamental parameters of the components, the orbital periods, and the conditions of photospheric heating of the secondary component by the ultraviolet radiation of the hot component. ... The observations of the star clusters associated with ultra-luminous x-ray sources (ULXs) in four galaxies on the 6-meter and VLT telescopes have shown that all the ULXs are located within 200pc of very young star clusters (younger than 5 million years). ... Archive . ...

Irregular phenomena in the Earth Pole oscillation process and temporal variations of geopotential Valery Bondarenko, Vadim Perepelkin s The observed irregular phenomena in the Earth Pole oscillation process are very variety. ... These phenomena indicated in the IERS data are the "abnormal" fluctuation of the Earth Pole coordinates which owing to changing of the geodynamical parameters gives negative result in interpolation and forecast of the first approximation mathematical model. ... Fig. ...

... Towards a Truly Unified Model of AGN . ... The Unified Model holds that the aspect-dependent effects primarily determine the nature of the active galactic nucleus that we observe. ... The full postscript file can be obtained here: . The PASA Latex file can be obtained here: . The postscript file of Fig 1 can be obtained here: . ...

... A Hubble diagram for Quasars . ... The potential use of such relation as a cosmological probe is obvious: assuming no redshift evolution of the relation, the observed X-ray flux is a function of the observed UV flux, the redshift, and the parameters of the adopted cosmological model. ... In this framework, Guido Risaliti and Elisabeta Lusso (INAF-Arcetri Observatory) have recently published in the Astropysical Journal the first Hubble Diagram for quasars suitable for cosmological measurements . ...

External influences on spin parameters for INTERBALL - AP . ... The main interest is that almost all kind of external influences to parameters of motion (eclipse, normalization, ROS) are presented in the one time interval. Three upper panels illustrate the spin velocity, the angle between kinetic moment and sun direction, and the nutation.All external events are represented on the lowest panel as blue, green and yellow columns. ...